Resiliency Resources
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Cybersecurity For The Win: How Water Utilities Can Embrace Digital Technology
3/6/2025
Water and wastewater system operators are known to be a careful lot. Tightly regulated by the U.S. EPA and state agencies — and committed to public health — they cannot afford mistakes. This often results in "tried-and-true" methodologies winning out over innovative solutions, but the incredible upside offered by digital technologies has encouraged a wave of cyber adoption. Almost cruelly, it comes with cyber threats.
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Water-As-A-Fuel Market For The Future Of Clean Energy
3/6/2025
The idea of utilizing water as a fuel source has been speculated by scientists, innovators, and researchers from all over the globe, envisioning a world where renewable, green energy can power the planet.
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Cybersecurity: Defend Your Data To Reap The Rewards Of Going Digital
2/27/2025
Unlike traditional IT environments that are regularly upgraded, factories can operate with legacy systems that weren’t designed to cope with evolving security threats. Integrating new digital technologies with this existing infrastructure can create complex security landscapes, making vulnerabilities difficult to identify and guard against.
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What Should Water Utilities Take Away From The L.A. Wildfires?
1/22/2025
As Los Angeles struggles with one of the worst wildfires in history, all eyes are on the region’s (and, arguably, the nation’s) water infrastructure. Should California’s water infrastructure have been better prepared to handle the unprecedented demand? Water utilities nationwide are wondering what the turn of events means for them.
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The Los Angeles Fires And America's Overwhelmed Water Infrastructure
1/17/2025
While the destruction the Los Angeles fires wrought to homes, businesses, and livelihoods has understandably garnered most of the attention, the fires are also a reminder of the struggles to recognize and reinvest in the country's water infrastructure.
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Nationwide Projects Planned To Strengthen Water Systems And Combat Cyber Threats
1/15/2025
Water resource issues are of high concern throughout America. A research report presented recently to member of Congress urged immediate attention to America's critical water issues. The report outlined states with the greatest immediate concerns. Not surprisingly, California and Texas topped the list.
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How Green Infrastructure Could Help Sewers Overwhelmed By Climate Change
12/27/2024
Increasing population means sewers are sometimes overwhelmed without any rainfall at all. Then, add climate change to the mix. Heavier downpours are becoming more common, which spells trouble for sewer systems that simply cannot cope with increasing volumes of water. A combined sewer system is especially vulnerable.
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No Flood Gauges, No Warning: 99% Of U.S. Streams Are Off The Radar Amid Rising Flash Flood Risks — We Saw The Harm In 2024
12/23/2024
Flooding is one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in the U.S., causing billions of dollars in damage each year. In 2024 alone, floods destroyed homes in over a dozen states and claimed more than 165 lives, underscoring the importance of fast, accurate flood warnings.
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2025 Brings Focus On Critical Water Infrastructure Modernization
12/13/2024
Local municipalities' water workers will be working hard in 2025 to install infrastructure upgrades. Modernization is long overdue, and the consequence of holding onto the old is stalling the implementation of the new. How will cities and utility companies collaborate to ensure the coming year breathes new life into water infrastructure?
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Ensuring Urban Water Security
12/10/2024
A key aspect of achieving urban water security is the implementation of demand management, which involves the better use of existing water supplies before plans are made to further increase supply. In particular, demand management promotes water conservation during times of both normal and atypical conditions, through changes in practices, culture, and people's attitudes towards water resources.